There is less than a week left until the FIFA draw takes place. Learn about the groups for World Cup 2026. Of them, 42 participants (six remaining from the run-off) have already been identified for the party Ecuador. This could be the most complicated scenario the Latin team could face next year in football’s biggest event.
Being an unprecedented edition of the World Cup, with 48 teams, there are different possibilities for group formation. Since last October, Ecuador has been ranked as the second best team in the Confederation of South American Football (CONMEBOL, for its acronym in Spanish), and according to… firstThis is possible Be the most complex bass drum you can play For selection in the next competition.
the The French national team is one of the powers World football, as evidenced by its second place in the last edition, after losing the historic final to Argentina. Those led by Didier Deschamps have key figures like Kylian Mbappe and Ousmane Dembélé, to name a few.
Egypt And he had no problem qualifying for the 2026 World Cup. With Mohamed Salah as a figurehead, he finished unbeaten during World Cup qualifiers, barely drawing twice and conceding only two goals.
in case Italy If they can beat World Cup qualification in the UEFA qualifiers, they will be the team in Pot 4 that everyone will be looking to avoid. Although they have not performed well recently, they are one of the teams with the greatest history.
The group that will be easiest for Ecuador to beat in the 2026 World Cup, in principle, is the group made up of… Canada, Qatar and New Zealand. The local team is in the first pot due to being one of the three hosts of the cup, and is one of the teams that has few personalities in its squad, as well as fewer international titles.
Qatar is a well-known competitor to Ecuador: They met in the 2022 World Cup and Lattre won 2-0 with an Ener Valencia double. After their poor performance as hosts in that edition (exiting in the group stage), the Qataris dream of taking another step and qualifying for the next round.
New Zealand was Ecuador’s last rival in 2025. That duel revealed Disadvantages of the New Zealand national teama team with little continuity and few participations in the recent World Cup finals
he Draw to determine the 12 groups for the 2026 World Cup It will be held on December 5 at the Kennedy Center in Washington, DC, at 12:00 noon. (According to FIFA).
According to Regulatory actionthe host nations (United States, Mexico and Canada) are assigned to Pot 1, and the other 39 teams are distributed into four groups of a combined 12 teams, based on the world rankings.
In this way, the World Cup draw groups were as follows: